"Allen" wrote in message
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"Swingman" wrote:

"Bruce" wrote in message

Basically there is no "networking standard". A lot of protocols, but
with
infiniBand, firewire, Myranet, etc. there really is no "standard",
just a
bunch of choices.

... you might want to inform the IETF of that fact.

Sure there's standards. The wonderful thing is there's so many of them

You're right about that, but more in a _local_ sense ... and they're
getting fewer all the time, thanks to the "mother of all networks", which
certainly has specific "standards" that dictate that 'if your local network
wants to play, you do it this way'.

IOW, disparate networking protocols, desiring to communicate over the global
Internet, better follow the "networking standards" found in the Internet
Protocol Standards Index.

So, in effect, the contention that there is no "networking standard" today
is arguably nearsighted in a global sense.

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